Communitarianism And Rawls’ Justice Theory

In1971，Harvard University professor of philosophy Rawls published" a theoryof justice"，the new liberalism became the nineteen seventies the mainstream westernacademic thoughts. As established in the theory of social contract basis，the bookquickly became a philosophy，ethics，politics，law and other fields of the maindiscussion topic. In this book，Rawls inherited the tradition of liberalism，especiallythe social contract theory，based on individual rights as the core to construct the rightsjustice theory or the theory of social justice. He puts forward，" justice is the primaryvalue of the social system，as the truth is the chief value of ideological system". Thecommunitarian on Rawls’s theory of justice were fierce criticism. The communitariancritique view and perspective for its unique and popular people ’s attention. Somescholars even think，at nineteen ninties，in western academic circles have formed theliberalism and Communitarianism and opposing two major mainstream faction.Therefore，the communitarianism critique of Rawls justice theory and detailed textualresearch appears has the theory significance and the practice significance.This paperintroduces the generation，nationalism thought theory premise and the definition ofcommunity. Through community chauvinism and self，universalism and individualswith justice controversy. Introduction to Rawls’s concept of Justice：Criticism andreflection. Rawls believes that the right of priority in the good，the rights of theindividual are the value of justice；and Communitarianism construct virtuous precedesthe idea of rights，emphasize individual rights must be in the community to achieve.Emphasizing public welfare as the ultimate concern of the community. The finalinterpretation and Communitarianism political philosophy on modern influence.